South Jersey Man Convicted in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

A South Jersey man was convicted on charges he participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Alex Rodriguez, 33, of Vineland, was convicted on an indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine following a two-week trial in Camden federal court.

Rodriguez conspired to broker a deal in which four pounds of high quality methamphetamine were sold for $100,000 in Millville, according to the indictment and evidence presented at the trial.

Rodriguez cut one pound of the purchased drugs to create four additional pounds of methamphetamine. He and a co-conspirator then traveled to Florida seeking to sell five pounds of the newly constituted methamphetamine. They were captured by the DEA while there.

Rodriguez faces the possibility of life in prison.

Fishman credited the Drug Enforcement Agency, Atlantic City office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Carl J. Kotowski; the DEA’s Orlando office; and the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Jennifer WebbMcRae, with the investigation leading to today’s guilty verdict. He also thanked the Florida Highway Patrol and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District, Florida.